Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 46.
DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (INCLUDING MEASLES), 1928.
| Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Age Groups. | |||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65- | |||
| Diphtheria | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | 75 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | |||
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| Total | 145 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 20 | 55 | 24 | 33 | 9 | |
| Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Total | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | ||||
| Measles (including German Measles). | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 306 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 73 | 36 | 66 | 39 | |||